BOARD OF ADVISORS

Jim Olson

Jim Olson served as a Business Specialist at the Engineering Translational TechnologyCenter (ETTC) at University of California, Davis, advising on company formation, strategy,and financing. He also taught classes as an Adjunct Faculty in the Graduate School ofManagement at UC Davis for over a decade. Previously, he was Executive Vice President ofvideo compression systems at TANDBERG Television and CEO of SkyStream. AtTANDBERG, he focused on building and marketing video compression offerings. Jim hasheld leadership roles at 3Com Corporation and Hewlett-Packard, where he led severalsuccessful product launches. He is an active angel investor and a guest lecturer at StanfordUniversity and UC Davis. Jim holds a BSEE from UC Davis, and MSEE and MBA degreesfrom Santa Clara University.

BOARD OF ADVISORS

Sudip Nandy

Sudip Nandy is an acclaimed business leader with over 30 years of experience in globalstrategy, enterprise building, and investments. He is currently a Senior Advisor and haspreviously served as Managing Director and Operating Partner at ChrysCapital, a leadinginvestment firm. He was Executive Chairman of Infogain Corporation and Board Member atLiquid Hub Inc. Sudip is also a Director on the Board of GeBBS Healthcare. Earlier, he wasCEO and Chairman (India) for Aricent. He is the former Chief Strategy Officer and Head ofM&A at Wipro, where he led several successful mergers and acquisitions. Sudip holds aBachelor's Degree in Physics from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, andanother in Electrical Technology and Electronics from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc),Bengaluru. He also has an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad.

BOARD OF ADVISORS

Prem Jain

Prem Jain was CEO and Co-Founder of Pensando Systems, a cloud and enterprise data center startup, which was founded in 2017 and acquired by AMD in 2023. Before Pensando, Prem spent 23 years at Cisco Systems, where he was known as the “heart, soul, and brains” behind several successful startups. As the Senior Vice President and General Manager of Insieme BU, he developed Software Defined Networking (SDN/ACI) products and next-generation data-center switches. Prem joined Cisco in 1993 after it acquired Crescendo Communications, where he was Vice President of Systems Architecture. He holds a B.E. from Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani, and a Master’s in Electrical and Computer Engineering from University of California, Davis.

FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING

Trevor Gudmundsen

Trevor leads Ennetix’s efforts on full-stack design and development of the company’s analytics pipeline. He manages the operations of Ennetix platforms across its customer base.

VICE PRESIDENT OF ENGINEERING

Todd Heberlein

Todd pioneered the field of network security monitoring in the 1990s with the development of the first widely deployed intrusion detection system, the Network Security Monitor (NSM). In addition to network-based security, he has developed intrusion detection sensors for Windows, Linux, and macOS. Todd is currently focused on bringing innovative network and endpoint security monitoring solutions to Ennetix’s xVisor platform.

FOUNDER AND CTO

Dr. Pulak Chowdhury

Pulak Chowdhury, Founder and CTO, Ph.D., Computer Science, UC Davis

Pulak brings a unique combination of deep networking technology background with advanced research work in Computer Sciences. He provides overall architectural direction and drivers the development activities on xVisor with a highly talented team.

FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT

Prof. Dr. Bis Mukherjee

Prof. Dr. Bis Mukherjee, Founder and President (also Distinguished Professor, UC Davis), Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, B.Tech. (Hons.), Electronics Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

Acknowledged authority in pioneering network technologies for 35+ years. His pioneering contributions in the networking world include:

• Network Intrusion Detection System (1990)
• Firewall (1989)
• Dynamic bandwidth allocation for EPON/FTTH (2002)
• Optical-wireless integration (2007), now 5G Fronthaul